BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//192.124.249.56//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-925@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240329T151810Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM. A prime Hancock Park 1927 Medite rranean Revival Architectural Masterpiece has been fully renovated\, resto red\, decorated and enhanced into its present pristine condition by the l egendary design firm of Ron Wilson Interiors and its owner\, Joseph Guider a as his personal residence. This distinctive estate has all the hallmark s of a truly unique and special property: built in the 1920s for a direct descendant of Los Angeles oldest original Spanish land grant holding famil ies\, designed for large-scale entertaining and yet with many smaller inti mate personal spaces in a grand period revival style by noted architects\, constructed by a local well know builder of most prestigious luxury homes of the era\, and now restored to all of its former glory.\n$25 Member pri ce (Pay Below with a small Paypal fee)*$35 Non-member price (Pay Below wit h a small Paypal fee)*\n*After your purchase you will be emailed the speci al presentation link by 6pm the day before the presentation and by 12pm on the day of the presentation.\n\nWednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM\nThe Windso r Square Hancock Park Historical Society\npresents its first\nHistory and Virtual Home Tour of 330 N. June Street\nFeaturing an interview and guided tour through this historic property by President Richard Battaglia and ho me owner Joseph Guidera followed by question and answer period with Mr. Gu idera.\nPatrick J. Watson was born in 1876 to his parents\, Colonel James Alexander Watson of Scotland and Maria Dolores Dominguez on the old Manual Dominguez Rancho\, which encompasses much of present day cities of Torran ce\, Wilmington\, Compton\, Carson\, San Pedro and the South Bay area of L os Angeles. This was the first Spanish land grant in CA from King Carlos o f Spain. Patrick Watson was the vice president of the Watson Land Co and i n 1923\, he sold his share of the original Rancho property to The Pan Amer ican Oil Company which was a subsidiary of the Doheny Company. In the mid- 1920s\, Patrick Watson & his wife\, Miss Mamie O’Farrell of San Francisco\ , were looking to move off of the original Rancho property and decided to build a new home for themselves in the fashionable and developing area of Hancock Park.\nPatrick hired the notable Architectural firm of Hunt & Burn s to design his new family estate on a large double access lot located on a prominent corner in the new district of Hancock Park. During their tenu re together\, Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns built some of the most bea utiful buildings in the Los Angeles area including: Automobile Club of So uthern California\, Headquarters – 1921-1923\, Children’s Hospital\, Los A ngeles – 1910\, The Wilshire – Ebell Club\, Clubhouse – 1926-1927\, Los An geles Public Library\, Vermont Square Branch – 1913\, McKinley House\, Laf ayette Park\, Los Angeles\, CA – 1917\, Scripps College\, Claremont\, CA – 1929\, The Los Angeles Tennis Club – 1927 and The Wilshire Country Club – 1919.\nFor his new home\, Patrick Watson would enlist the services of the Sweden-born master builder C.J. Nordquist who had a well-deserved reputat ion for building some of the grandest homes and public buildings in Los An geles.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210526T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210526T200000 LOCATION:Virtual Event SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:VIRTUAL HOME TOUR 303 N. JUNE ST. URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/history-of-303-n-june-street / X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2021/04/DSC_2244b-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://windso rsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DSC_2244b-300x218.jpg\;3 00\;218\;1\,large\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads /2021/04/DSC_2244b-1024x743.jpg\;1024\;743\;1\,full\;https://windsorsquare hancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DSC_2244b-scaled.jpg\;2560\;185 7\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nWednesday May 26th at 7:00 PM. A prime Hancock Park 1927
Mediterranean Revival Architectural Masterpiece has been fully renovated\
, restored\, decorated and enhanced into its present pristine condition b
y the legendary design firm of Ron Wilson Interiors and its owner\, Joseph
Guidera as his personal residence. This distinctive estate has all the h
allmarks of a truly unique and special property: built in the 1920s for a
direct descendant of Los Angeles oldest original Spanish land grant holdin
g families\, designed for large-scale entertaining and yet with many small
er intimate personal spaces in a grand period revival style by noted archi
tects\, constructed by a local well know builder of most prestigious luxur
y homes of the era\, and now restored to all of its former glory.
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\nPatric k J. Watson was born in 1876 to his parents\, Colonel James Alexander Wats on of Scotland and Maria Dolores Dominguez on the old Manual Dominguez Ran cho\, which encompasses much of present day cities of Torrance\, Wilmingto n\, Compton\, Carson\, San Pedro and the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Th is was the first Spanish land grant in CA from King Carlos of Spain. Patri ck Watson was the vice president of the Watson Land Co and in 1923\, he so ld his share of the original Rancho property to The Pan American Oil Compa ny which was a subsidiary of the Doheny Company. In the mid-1920s\, Patric k Watson & his wife\, Miss Mamie O’Farrell of San Francisco\, were looking to move off of the original Rancho property and decided to build a new ho me for themselves in the fashionable and developing area of Hancock Park.< /p>\n
Patrick hired the notable Architectural firm of Hunt & Burns to de sign his new family estate on a large double access lot located on a promi nent corner in the new district of Hancock Park. During their tenure toge ther\, Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns built some of the most beautiful buildings in the Los Angeles area including: Automobile Club of Southern California\, Headquarters – 192 1-1923\, Children’s Hospital\, Los Angeles – 1910\, The Wilshire – Ebell Club\, Clubhouse – 1926-1927\, < a href='https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/2555' targ et='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'>Los Angeles Public Library\, Vermont Square Branch – 1913\, McKinle y House\, Lafayette Park\, Los Angeles\, CA – 1917\, Scripps College\, Claremont\, CA – 1929\, The Los An geles Tennis Club – 1927 and The Wilshire Country Club – 1919.
\nFor his new home\, Patrick Wats on would enlist the services of the Sweden-born master builder C.J. Nordqu ist who had a well-deserved reputation for building some of the grandest h omes and public buildings in Los Angeles.
\n\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Architechture\,Hancock Park\,Historical Society\,Jose ph Guidera\,Larchmont\,Los Angeles\,Mediterranean Revival Architectural Ma sterpiece\,Patrick J. Watson\,Ron Wilson Interiors\,Virtual Event\,Windsor Square END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-687@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240329T151810Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:July 7th at 7:00pm. Ken Bernstein\, the City Planner for the Ci ty of Los Angeles and a national advocate for historic preservation shares how Los Angeles has led the nation in historic preservation and shares ho w other cities can do the same.\nLos Angeles has an image as the “City of the Future”―a city always at the cutting edge of change―but also as a “thr owaway metropolis” that cares little about its history or architectural le gacy. Yet the reality is quite different. Over the past decade\, the City of Los Angeles has developed one of the most successful historic preservat ion programs in the nation\, culminating with the completion of the nation ’s most ambitious citywide survey of historic resources.\n*$10 Presentatio n only – Members (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)*$15 Presentation only – Non Members (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)$66 Presentation and hardc over book including shipping\, Member price (Pay Below with small Paypal f ee)$71 Presentation and hardcover book including shipping\, Non-Member pri ce (Pay Below with small Paypal fee)*After your purchase you will be email ed the special presentation link by 6pm the day before the presentation an d by 12pm on the day of the presentation.\nWindsor Square Hancock Park His toric Society\nPresents\nPreserving Los Angeles: How Historic Places Can T ransform America’s Cities\nby Ken Bernstein\nJuly 7th at 7:00pm\n\n\n\nAll across the city\, historic preservation is now transforming Los Angeles\, while also pointing the way to how other cities can use preservation to r evitalize their neighborhoods and build community. Preserving Los Angeles: How Historic Places Can Transform America’s Cities\, authored by Ken Bern stein\, who oversees Los Angeles’ Office of Historic Resources\, tells thi s under-appreciated L.A. story: how historic preservation has been transfo rming neighborhoods\, creating a Downtown renaissance\, and guiding the fu ture of the city.\nWhile it is younger than many East Coast cities\, Los A ngeles has a remarkable collection of architectural resources in all style s\, reflecting the legacy of notable architects from the past 150 years. A s one of the most diverse cities in the world\, Los Angeles is also breaki ng new ground in its approach to historic preservation\, extending beyond the preservation of significant architecture\, to also identify and protec t the places of social and cultural meaning to all of Los Angeles’s commun ities. Preserving Los Angelesilluminates a Los Angeles that will surprise even longtime Angelenos―highlighting dozens of lesser-known buildings\, ne ighborhoods\, and places in every corner of the city that have been “found ” by SurveyLA\, the first-ever city-wide survey of Los Angeles’ historic r esources. The text is richly illustrated through images by a prominent arc hitectural photographer\, Stephen Schafer. Preserving Los Angeles is an au thoritative chronicle of Los Angeles’ urban transformation― and a useful g uide for citizens and urban practitioners nationally seeking to draw lesso ns for their own cities. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210707T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210707T200000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Preserving Los Angeles: How Historic Places Can Transform America’s Cities URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/preserving-los-angeles-how-h istoric-places-can-transform-americas-cities/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2021/01/91EUj-j2HeL-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://wind sorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/91EUj-j2HeL-300x300.jp g\;300\;300\;1\,large\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/upl oads/2021/01/91EUj-j2HeL-1024x1024.jpg\;1024\;1024\;1\,full\;https://winds orsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/91EUj-j2HeL.jpg\;1600\; 1600\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
July 7th at 7:00pm. Ken Bernstein\, the City Planner for the City of Los Angeles and a national advocate for historic preservation shares how L os Angeles has led the nation in historic preservation and shares how othe r cities can do the same.
\nLos Angeles has an image as the “Ci ty of the Future”―a city always at the cutting edge of change―but also as a “throwaway metropolis” that cares little about its history or architectu ral legacy. Yet the reality is quite different. Over the past decade\, the City of Los Angeles has developed one of the most successful historic pre servation programs in the nation\, culminating with the completion of the nation’s most ambitious citywide survey of historic resources.
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\nAll across the city\, hi storic preservation is now transforming Los Angeles\, while also pointing the way to how other cities can use preservation to revitalize their neigh borhoods and build community. Preserving Los Angeles: How Historic Pla ces Can Transform America’s Cities\, authored by Ken Bernstein\, who oversees Los Angeles’ Office of Historic Resources\, tells this under-appr eciated L.A. story: how historic preservation has been transforming neighb orhoods\, creating a Downtown renaissance\, and guiding the future of the city.
\nWhile it is younger than many East Coast cities\, Los Angele s has a remarkable collection of architectural resources in all styles\, r eflecting the legacy of notable architects from the past 150 years. As one of the most diverse cities in the world\, Los Angeles is also breaking ne w ground in its approach to historic preservation\, extending beyond the p reservation of significant architecture\, to also identify and protect the places of social and cultural meaning to all of Los Angeles’s communities . Preserving Los Angelesilluminates a Los Angeles that will surpr ise even longtime Angelenos―highlighting dozens of lesser-known buildings\ , neighborhoods\, and places in every corner of the city that have been “f ound” by SurveyLA\, the first-ever city-wide survey of Los Angeles’ histor ic resources. The text is richly illustrated through images by a prominent architectural photographer\, Stephen Schafer. Preserving Los Angeles< /em> is an authoritative chronicle of Los Angeles’ urban transformation― a nd a useful guide for citizens and urban practitioners nationally seeking to draw lessons for their own cities.
\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Architechture\,City Planner\,Hancock Park\,Historical Society\,Ken Bernstein\,Los Angeles\,Los Angeles’ Office of Historic Reso urces\,Virtual Event\,Windsor Square END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-868@windsorsquarehancockpark.com DTSTAMP:20240329T151810Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Past Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:August 25th\, 7:00 PM. Do you want to read something funny? Le t’s say\, a novel set at a divorce ranch in Reno in the 1930s? A book wit h memorably eccentric characters\, sparkling dialogue\, a satisfying plot twist\, and some romance and sex? A feel-good literary comedy/western? H ere it is\, then\, the book you’ve been looking for: Julia Claiborne Johns on’s Better Luck Next Time.”— author of Dear Committee Members and The Sha kespeare Requirement\nThe eagerly anticipated second novel from the bestse lling author of Be Frank with Me\, a charming story of endings\, new begin nings\, and the complexities and complications of friendship and love\, se t in late 1930s Reno.\n$10 Presentation only – Members (Pay Below with sm all Paypal fee)*\n$15 Presentation only – Non Members (Pay Below with sma ll Paypal fee)*\n$31.74 Better Luck Next Time book signed by author Julia Claiborne Johnson – Available for pick up at Chevalier’s Bookstore or ship ped for an additional $6 \n*After your purchase you will be emailed the sp ecial presentation link by 6pm the day before the presentation and by 12pm on the day of the presentation.\n\nThe Windsor Square Hancock Park Histor ical Society\npresents\nBETTER LUCK NEXT TIME\nwith author Julia Claiborne Johnson\nPlease join us WEDNESDAY August 25th\, 7:00 PM\n\n\n\nIt’s 1938 and women seeking a quick\, no-questions split from their husbands head to the “divorce capital of the world\,” Reno\, Nevada. There’s one catch: th ey have to wait six weeks to become “residents.” Many of these wealthy\, s oon-to-be divorcees flock to the Flying Leap\, a dude ranch that caters to their every need.\nTwenty-four-year-old Ward spent one year at Yale befor e his family lost everything in the Great Depression\; now he’s earning an honest living as a ranch hand at the Flying Leap. Admired for his dashing good looks—“Cary Grant in cowboy boots”—Ward thinks he’s got the Flying L eap’s clients all figured out. But two new guests are about to upend every thing he thinks he knows: Nina\, a St Louis heiress and amateur pilot back for her third divorce\, and Emily\, whose bravest moment in life was leav ing her cheating husband back in San Francisco and driving herself to Reno .\nA novel about divorce\, marriage\, and everything that comes in between (money\, class\, ambition\, and opportunity)\, Better Luck Next Time is a hilarious yet poignant examination of the ways friendship can save us\, l ove can destroy us\, and the family we create can be stronger than the fam ily we come from. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210825T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210825T200000 LOCATION:Virtual Event SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Better Luck Next Time URL:https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/better-luck-next-time/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/ uploads/2021/04/Better-Luck-Next-Time-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;ht tps://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Better-Luck- Next-Time-198x300.jpg\;198\;300\;1\,large\;https://windsorsquarehancockpar k.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Better-Luck-Next-Time-674x1024.jpg\;674\; 1024\;1\,full\;https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/wp-content/uploads/202 1/04/Better-Luck-Next-Time.jpg\;1600\;2430\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nAugust 25th\, 7:00 PM. Do you want to read s omething funny? Let’s say\, a novel set at a divorce ranch in Reno in the 1930s? A book with memorably eccentric characters\, sparkling dialogue\, a satisfying plot twist\, and some romance and sex? A feel-good literary comedy/western? Here it is\, then\, the book you’ve been looking for: Ju lia Claiborne Johnson’s Better Luck Next Time.”— author of De ar Committee Members and The Shakespeare Requirement
\nThe eagerly anticipated second novel from the bestselling author of B
e Frank with Me\, a charming story of endings\, new beginnings\, and
the complexities and complications of friendship and love\, set in late 19
30s Reno.
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small Paypal fee)*
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\n$31.74 Better Luck Next Time book
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\nIt’s 1938 and women seeking a quick\, no-questi ons split from their husbands head to the “divorce capital of the world\,” Reno\, Nevada. There’s one catch: they have to wait six weeks to become “ residents.” Many of these wealthy\, soon-to-be divorcees flock to the Flyi ng Leap\, a dude ranch that caters to their every need.
\nTwenty-fou r-year-old Ward spent one year at Yale before his family lost everything i n the Great Depression\; now he’s earning an honest living as a ranch hand at the Flying Leap. Admired for his dashing good looks—“Cary Grant in cow boy boots”—Ward thinks he’s got the Flying Leap’s clients all figured out. But two new guests are about to upend everything he thinks he knows: Nina \, a St Louis heiress and amateur pilot back for her third divorce\, and E mily\, whose bravest moment in life was leaving her cheating husband back in San Francisco and driving herself to Reno.
\nA novel about divorc e\, marriage\, and everything that comes in between (money\, class\, ambit ion\, and opportunity)\, Better Luck Next Time is a hilarious yet poignant examination of the ways friendship can save us\, love can destro y us\, and the family we create can be stronger than the family we come fr om.
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